Jesus came to proclaim the coming of the Kingdom of God into our world — a world that through sin had allowed evil to reign. Now Satan’s kingdom was being progressively challenged and overturned. Jesus, with His deep spiritual perception and insight, sees clearly the deep distress and pain of the people lost in sin […]

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The presence of the Holy Spirit in our lives is like having a personal trainer in our spiritual life who is always with us to counsel and guide us. He speaks into our hearts and suggests what we should do in different situations. We can either ignore this gentle voice or obey Him. If we […]

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Again, Jesus gives us a warning that a time of great trial and persecution will come upon the people of the earth. We Christians need to be alert and faithful to our call of discipleship and not get caught up in drunkenness and immorality. Some people think that they can live an immoral life when […]

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Daniel is perplexed and disturbed by his vision of a fourth kingdom that is terrible to behold, devours the whole earth and makes war with the saints of God. This could point to a future persecution of the church as often prophesied in the Scriptures — that before Jesus returns, there will be a great […]

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The Prophet Isaiah is aware of the people’s infidelities and unfaithfulness to God, yet he hopes in the goodness and mercy of God to deliver and save them. We see from this text that even repentance and conversion are God’s gifts to us. We are helpless and totally lost without God’s help. We should never […]

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Advent is a time for us to reassess our lives of discipleship and to make necessary changes. The priests wear purple vestments to symbolize that this is a season of conversion. Am I alert and attentive to the action and voice of the Holy Spirit in my life? Am I growing in love of God […]

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In his vision of heaven, John the Beloved sees a huge multitude of saints holding palm branches and worshipping the Lamb who was slain for their sins. We are told there were 144,000 of them. Some have thought this was an actual number. However, in the Book of Revelation, numbers have a symbolic, not literal, […]

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St. Paul calls himself the slave of Jesus Christ. Even though the Apostle Paul was a Roman citizen and had studied under the best rabbis in Jerusalem, he was humble with all his learning and position. Paul saw that since Jesus’ blood had ransomed him (purchased his soul from evil), he no longer belonged to […]

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Malachi laments that it is often the evil who prosper and appear blessed while the righteous suffer. Satan is the lord of this earthly realm and he rewards his servants with earthy riches, yet it is with a huge price — their eternal soul. Let us not lose sight of the infinitely great reward that […]

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God the Father here reveals His maternal love for us, His children, as He says that He will comfort us as a mother comforts her son. St. Therese had great confidence in the love of the Heavenly Father and imagined herself as a little child reaching out her little arms to be caught by Him. […]

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